Functionalizing DNA origami to investigate and interact with biological systems

GA Knappe, EC Wamhoff, M Bathe - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
DNA origami has emerged as a powerful method to generate DNA nanostructures with
dynamic properties and nanoscale control. These nanostructures enable complex …

Critical review of nucleic acid nanotechnology to identify gaps and inform a strategy for accelerated clinical translation

KA Afonin, MA Dobrovolskaia, W Ke… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
With numerous recent advances, the field of therapeutic nucleic acid nanotechnology is now
poised for clinical translation supported by several examples of FDA-approved nucleic acid …

Gene-encoding DNA origami for mammalian cell expression

JA Kretzmann, A Liedl, A Monferrer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
DNA origami may enable more versatile gene delivery applications through its ability to
create custom nanoscale objects with specific targeting, cell-invading, and intracellular …

Innate immune stimulation using 3D wireframe DNA origami

RR Du, E Cedrone, A Romanov, R Falkovich… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional wireframe DNA origami have programmable structural and sequence
features that render them potentially suitable for prophylactic and therapeutic applications …

Spatially patterned neutralizing icosahedral DNA nanocage for efficient SARS-CoV-2 blocking

J Zhang, Y Xu, Y Huang, M Sun, S Liu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Broad-spectrum anti-SARS-CoV-2 strategies that can inhibit the infection of wild-type and
mutant strains would alleviate their threats to global public health. Here, we propose an …

DNA-origami-directed virus capsid polymorphism

I Seitz, S Saarinen, EP Kumpula, D McNeale… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Viral capsids can adopt various geometries, most iconically characterized by icosahedral or
helical symmetries. Importantly, precise control over the size and shape of virus capsids …

Enhancing antibody responses by multivalent antigen display on thymus-independent DNA origami scaffolds

EC Wamhoff, L Ronsard, J Feldman, GA Knappe… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Protein-based virus-like particles (P-VLPs) are commonly used to spatially organize
antigens and enhance humoral immunity through multivalent antigen display. However, P …

Inverse design of programmable Poisson's ratio and in-plane stiffness for generalized four-fold origami

Y Chen, J Liang, P Shi, J Feng, P Sareh, J Dai - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Origami-inspired metamaterials and structures exhibit extraordinary properties, including
programmable Poisson's ratio and tunable stiffness. Although some research has achieved …

Controlling nuclease degradation of wireframe DNA origami with minor groove binders

EC Wamhoff, A Romanov, H Huang, BJ Read… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Viruslike particles (VLPs) fabricated using wireframe DNA origami are emerging as
promising vaccine and gene therapeutic delivery platforms due to their programmable …

Recent advances in DNA origami-engineered nanomaterials and applications

P Zhan, A Peil, Q Jiang, D Wang, S Mousavi… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
DNA nanotechnology is a unique field, where physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics,
engineering, and materials science can elegantly converge. Since the original proposal of …